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Chi ha paura di Virginia Woolf?
Titolo originale: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Regia:
Mike Nichols
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Anno: 1966
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Dramma
Tag:
adultery
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professor
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married couple
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guest
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black humor
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based on play or musical
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campus
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dysfunctional marriage
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alcohol abuse
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new england
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cuckold
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one night
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henpecked husband
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house guest
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college professor
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marital tensions
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academia
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dead son
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impotent husband
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nasty wife
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cuckolded husband
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nagging wife
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hysterical drunks
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bickering couple
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shattered reality
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openly flirtatious wife
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acerbic couple
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alcoholic couple
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Cast:
Elizabeth Taylor
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Richard Burton
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George Segal
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Sandy Dennis
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Agnes Flanagan
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Frank Flanagan
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Un'amara e anziana coppia, con l'aiuto dell'alcool, usa una giovane coppia per alimentare l'angoscia e il dolore emotivo l'uno verso l'altro.
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Like in the play, Nick (played by George Segal) is never referred to by name.
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George Segal was the last surviving member of the cast. He passed away on March 23, 2021, exactly 10 [...]
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Willard Maas and Marie Menken and their relationship were the basis for the characters of George and [...]
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This movie reunited four people from Cleopatra (1963): Dame Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, Cos [...]
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The only Best Picture Oscar nominee that year to be also nominated for Best Art Direction (Black-and [...]
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Mike Nichols worked hard to learn on the set and become the best movie director he could be. "Every [...]
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Director Mike Nichols and cinematographer Haskell Wexler ran into weather problems right away while [...]
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This movie was Oscar nominated in all of the major categories of Best Picture, Best Director, Best A [...]
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The cast and crew first assembled near the Smith College campus in Northampton, Massachusetts to sho [...]
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Very early on with the casting, Edward Albee sent Katharine Hepburn the play. A few weeks later on s [...]
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Richard Burton was heavily criticized for playing his character with an English accent.
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The five-month shooting schedule was conducted on-location in Northhampton, Massachusetts and at War [...]
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Mike Nichols told Richard Burton just "do nothing" sometimes in a scene and simply listen. It was a [...]
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This film is in the Official Top 250 Narrative Feature Films on Letterboxd.
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The only movie that year to be nominated for Best Actor and Best Actress Oscars.
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When the original play opened on Broadway at the Billy Rose Theater (October 1962), Martha was playe [...]
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George and Martha drive a white 1962 Ford Country Squire Station Wagon.
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In the scene that takes place outside of the bar, George violently pushes Martha into the side of th [...]
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Richard Burton's longstanding U.K. acting friend Robert Hardy visited the couple during filming and [...]
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Serves as the inspiration behind the famous "Dinner Party" episode of The Office. (s4e13)
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A copy of Virginia Woolf's "To the Lighthouse" can be seen on the bookshelf above the liquor bottles [...]
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Connie Stevens, who was under contract to Warner Brothers at the time of casting, pleaded with studi [...]
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This became the first movie in Academy Awards and cinema history to be nominated for every Academy A [...]
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Dame Elizabeth Taylor was only thirty-three when this movie was filmed in 1965, while her character [...]
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During shooting, Dame Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton used identical red bicycles, lettered in g [...]
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Included among the American Film Institute's 2002 list of the top 100 America's Greatest Love Storie [...]
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Director Mike Nichols revealed in a 2006 interview that he was advised early on by a colleague to fi [...]
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Early candidates for the role of Martha included Bette Davis, Ingrid Bergman, Rosalind Russell and P [...]
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This is the only black-and-white movie directed by Mike Nichols.
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In this movie, Dame Elizabeth Taylor does an exaggerated impression of Bette Davis saying a line fro [...]
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Edward Albee said he came up with the title when he saw the phrase written on a men's room wall in a [...]
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The record changer turntable shown on the corner shelf was a Glaser-Steers model.
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Mike Nichols told journalist John Lahr that the studio was nervous about whether the Catholic Legion [...]
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The fourth of eleven movies in which Dame Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton starred together.
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Aside from the four credited members of the cast, other characters only appear on-screen for forty-s [...]
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Mike Nichols purposely avoided shooting too many close-ups in this movie. If there was a close-up, h [...]
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A map of Martha's Vineyard can be seen above George and Martha's fireplace. Director Mike Nichols ha [...]
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The movie was one of a series of movies in the 1960s, beginning with L'uomo del banco dei pegni (196 [...]
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Dame Elizabeth Taylor gained nearly thirty pounds to play the role of a middle-aged wife just for th [...]
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Playwright Edward Albee was happy overall with how this movie turned out. Despite his initial misgiv [...]
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Dame Elizabeth Taylor did not attend the Academy Awards ceremony when she won Best Actress for this [...]
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The first movie to be given the M.P.A.A. tag: "No one under 18 will be admitted unless accompanied b [...]
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Dame Elizabeth Taylor's first line in the movie is one that Bette Davis used in her movie Beyond The [...]
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Theatrical movie directorial debut of Mike Nichols.
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Although the title was obviously inspired by the song "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?" (sung in W [...]
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The play "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" takes place entirely in George's and Martha's living room [...]
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According to editor Sam O'Steen, there was an argument about the glasses that Richard Burton wore fo [...]
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On the back of the movie tie-in paperback of the play, it reads: "A Warner Bros. Technicolor film" - [...]
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July 18, 1966: Police seized this movie and arrested the manager of a local Nashville, Tennessee the [...]
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Uncredited choreographer Herbert Ross staged the dance sequence between Dame Elizabeth Taylor and Ge [...]
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Robert Redford turned down the role of Nick, because, he said, "I hated it".
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Mike Nichols and his former comedy partner Elaine May co-starred as George and Martha in a stage pro [...]
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During post-production, there was an argument that resulted in director Mike Nichols being thrown ou [...]
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Mercedes McCambridge portrayed "Martha" on-stage and sought after the movie role.
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The play "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" opened in New York City at the Billy Rose Theater on Octo [...]
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Selected to the Library of Congress National Film Registry.
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Dame Elizabeth Taylor had approval of co-stars, director, hairdresser and costume designer. At first [...]
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While Richard Burton and Dame Elizabeth Taylor were forces to be reckoned with while they were worki [...]
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In 2007, the American Film Institute ranked this as the number sixty-seven Greatest Movie of All Tim [...]
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Even though their schedule and long lunches could try director Mike Nichols' patience daily, Dame El [...]
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Director Mike Nichols was adamant on shooting in black-and-white, even though most Hollywood movies [...]
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According to director Mike Nichols, writer and producer Ernest Lehman had written a different ending [...]
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The M.P.A.A. ultimately decided to grant this movie an unprecedented exemption as "a special, import [...]
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Jack Lemmon was the only actor to be offered the role of George in Chi ha paura di Virginia Woolf? ( [...]
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In her A&E Biography special, Dame Elizabeth Taylor remarked that her performance as Martha was her [...]
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Every single book title on the shelves in George and Martha's place were hand picked by Production D [...]
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Director Mike Nichols later realized that his insistence on location shooting at an actual college c [...]
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Included among the American Film Institute's 2005 list of 250 movies nominated for AFI's 100 Years o [...]
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Frank Flanagan, who appeared uncredited as the motel/café innkeeper, was this movie's gaffer. The [...]
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John Frankenheimer was considered to direct.
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Costing $7.5 million, it was the most expensive black-and-white movie yet made in the U.S. Dame Eliz [...]
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Although two married couples were competing for the Oscars, only the wives (Dame Elizabeth Taylor an [...]
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In a 1998 interview with the Hollywood Reporter Jack Valenti recalled being locked in battle with th [...]
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This is the first movie in which the BBFC allowed use of the word "bugger" in its dialogue.
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Dame Elizabeth Taylor's Best Actress Oscar winning performance was the only nominee in the category [...]
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Despite their differences with director Mike Nichols, Warner Brothers was very supportive of this mo [...]
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Included amongst the American Film Institute's 1998 list of the four hundred movies nominated for th [...]
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According a 2005 interview with Edward Albee, the original writer of the play which this movie was b [...]
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Features the only Oscar nominated performances of George Segal and Sandy Dennis (for which she won B [...]
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Richard Burton's character appears with a bouquet, saying "Flowers for the Dead!" in Spanish. This t [...]
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In addition to Gli insospettabili (1972) and Give 'em Hell, Harry! (1975), this is one of only three [...]
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Jack Valenti, the newly appointed head of the M.P.A.A. at the time, said years later, "This film was [...]
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This was the last movie to win the Oscar for Black-and-White Cinematography.
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According to Edward Albee, the only thing he doesn't like about this movie is the over-use of overhe [...]
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Warren Beatty and Pamela Tiffin were given consideration for the roles of Nick and Honey.
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Dame Elizabeth Taylor initially thought she was wrong for the role of Martha, but was convinced by R [...]
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According to director Mike Nichols, Marlene Dietrich visited the set and completely ignored Dame Eli [...]
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Academy Award-winning cinematographer Harry Stradling Sr. was replaced by Haskell Wexler just after [...]
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Richard Burton befriended Mike Nichols in New York City while playing in "Camelot" and reportedly he [...]
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Every credited member of the cast received an Academy Award nomination.
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According to cinematographer Haskell Wexler, even though Dame Elizabeth Taylor had intentionally gai [...]
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Director Mike Nichols and editor Sam O'Steen worked well together during production and would run in [...]
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Director Mike Nichols and editor Sam O'Steen worked around the clock to finish this movie. At one po [...]
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After looking at dailies regularly during the first week of shooting, Mike Nichols decided that this [...]
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Included amongst the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die", edited by Steven Schneider.
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Robert Hardy also recalled that Richard Burton fully encouraged and nurtured Elizabeth Taylor's port [...]
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The M.P.A.A. insisted on the removal of the term "screw you" from this movie where it was replaced w [...]
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According to Mike Nichols, the other actors and actresses were all "awed" by Dame Elizabeth Taylor a [...]
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When this movie was shown on network television for the first time, some local television affiliates [...]
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Even though Haskell Wexler was able to achieve the visual style that Mike Nichols wanted, he took so [...]
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Sandy Dennis, who was pregnant at the time of filming, suffered a miscarriage on the set.
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According to cinematographer Haskell Wexler, after the Warner Brothers crew left the New England loc [...]
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Richard Burton celebrated his fortieth birthday on the set of this movie where spouse Dame Elizabeth [...]
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According to editor Sam O'Steen, director Mike Nichols was very nervous at the world premiere of thi [...]
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Dame Elizabeth Taylor told 60 Minutes (1968) in an interview that she thought Richard Burton had des [...]
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According to cinematographer Haskell Wexler, Dame Elizabeth Taylor and Sandy Dennis had on-set compe [...]
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When George and Nick are outside talking under the large tree, George pours a small amount of bourbo [...]
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In almost every scene, to go up the stairs there are four or five steps and then the staircase turns [...]
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When revealing the secret of his wife's money near the rope swing, George refills Nick's drink nearl [...]
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The threads suspending the "moths" flitting around George and Martha's porch lamp are visible.
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At the 111 minute mark, when George (Richard Burton ) is discussing the "funny bunny" routine, he ha [...]
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As George and Nick are coming back into the house from their scene in the garden, Nick's shadow on t [...]
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When Nick is talking to George by the swing, his necktie changes positions between shots (when he's [...]
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At one point, Nick is sitting on the couch. George sits next to him and puts his arm around Nick's l [...]
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The first scene of George and Martha entering the living room shows a three-bulb floor lamp in the c [...]
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At the 59 minute mark, before Nick starts to talk about his father-in-law, George says: "Okay, don't [...]
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In the bedroom scene near the beginning, when George lies on the bed, the books behind his head are [...]
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When George goes to pour his and Martha's first drink, there is a copy of Virginia Woolf's To the Li [...]
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The four characters stop at a bar after the first soiree at George's house. It is clearly after 2:00 [...]
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While driving Nick and Honey home, before they stop at the roadhouse, the transmission selector (the [...]
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Frase
Martha: [regarding "What a dump!"] It's from some [...]
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Martha: I swear, if you existed, I'd divorce you.
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George: Now that's it! You can take over a few cla [...]
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George: Vanish!
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George: Martha's got money because Martha's father [...]
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George: And that's how you play "Get the Guests".
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Nick: You're gonna' regret this. George: No doubt [...]
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Martha: [derogatorily, to George] Hey, swamp! Hey [...]
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Nick: May I use the... uh... bar? George: Oh, yes [...]
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Honey: Oh, I don't know, a little brandy maybe. "N [...]
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[first lines] Martha: [with disgust] What a dump.
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Nick: I'm tired, I've been drinking since nine o'c [...]
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Martha: Hey! George: Hark! Jungle sounds. Martha [...]
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George: Good. Better. Best. Bested.
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George: Martha, in my mind you're buried in cement [...]
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Nick: [to Honey] We'll go in a little while. Geor [...]
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Honey: I'm gonna be sick. George: Ah yeah that's [...]
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George: [to Honey] Hi, sexy. You wanna dance, ange [...]
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George: You can sit around with the gin running ou [...]
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George: I used to drink brandy. Martha: You used [...]
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George: You take the trouble to construct a civili [...]
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George: And please keep your clothes on, too. Ther [...]
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George: Did you really think I was going to kill y [...]
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Martha: I disgust me. You know, there's only been [...]
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Martha: Well, you're going bald. George: So are y [...]
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George: I'm very impressed. Martha: You're damn r [...]
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Honey: They dance like they've danced before. Geo [...]
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[George takes a corner far too fast, tossing every [...]
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Nick: Who did the painting? George: Some Greek wi [...]
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George: All I said was that our son, the apple of [...]
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[repeated line] George: Alright, love, whatever l [...]
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George: So you get testy, naturally, don't worry a [...]
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George: Martha, will you show her where we keep th [...]
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Martha: Look, sweetheart, I can drink you under an [...]
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George: Martha is 108... years old. She weighs som [...]
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George: I'm sorry, I wasn't listening-or thinking, [...]
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Martha: You make me puke. George: That wasn't a v [...]
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Martha: [after George has said hurtful things to h [...]
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Martha: I looked at you tonight and you weren't th [...]
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George: So, where are these people, this good look [...]
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George: You're a monster - You are. Martha: I'm l [...]
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George: Once a month, Martha. I've gotten used to [...]
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Honey: I dance like the wind.
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[last lines] George: Who's afraid of Virginia Woo [...]
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Martha: A drowning man takes down those nearest.
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George: Now, I think we've been having a real good [...]
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Nick: To you, everybody's a flop. Your husband's a [...]
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Martha: I hope that was an empty bottle, George! Y [...]
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[Martha has changed into an embarrassingly tight a [...]
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Nick: Who did the painting? George: Some Greek wi [...]
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